Gini
Feminine
Gini is Ginny in four letters, a short form of Virginia, and it shares its spelling with one of the best-known measures in economics: the Gini coefficient of inequality, named for the Italian statistician Corrado Gini.
How old is the name Gini?
Gini first appears in US birth records in 1942 — 83 years ago. The typical Gini alive today was born around 1963, making them about 62 years old. About 400 people named Gini are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Gini most popular?
Gini peaked in 1958, reaching #2167 nationally. See the whole 1958 chart.
Where it comes from
From Verginius (Roman family name) to Gini
Our story of Gini
Gini is what Ginny becomes when it is written with the fewest letters English allows. Behind it stands Virginia, a Roman family name that reached the New World as the name of a colony. The same four letters had a separate career in Italy: early in the twentieth century Corrado Gini, a statistician, published a measure of how unequally anything is shared, and economists still use the Gini coefficient to compare incomes across countries. Italians say that surname JEE-nee; the American short form keeps the soft g and short i of Ginny.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Gini is a short form of Virginia, which comes from the Roman family name Verginius. The meaning of that family name is not known, though it has long been linked in popular thought with Latin virgo.
How the name formed
- VerginiusRoman family name
- Virginia
- Ginny
- Gini
Pronouncing Gini
JIN-ee
Said like Ginny. The Italian surname behind the Gini coefficient is said JEE-nee, and economists often say it that way.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1942
- Most girls named
- 195827 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2167reached in 1958
- Change vs 1992
- −14.3%6 in 1996, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ginis among us
people named Gini are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Gini sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Short, and said exactly like Ginny.
- Virginia is a ready full form for formal use.
- It will be written Ginny or Genie, and the spelling needs mentioning.
- Anyone who has studied economics may think of the Gini coefficient first; it is a harmless association and a good story.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ginis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Gini are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Gini in 2025?
- Gini is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Gini with classmates?
- Gini will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with G, all years combined.
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